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Scientists Discover Ancient Worm That Jumps Up from the Ground to Trap Its Prey – Interesting Engineering
The prey remains alive while the worm consumes it. Step inside if your nightmares could use some fuel.
If you heard of a giant worm that hides in the ground until it’s time to pop up and capture its prey feeding on it while it’s still alive, you would probably think it’s from a horror movie. Yet, this kind of worm actually exists, and has for a long time, according to a new study published in the journal Scientific Reports.
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“The feeding behavior of the giant ambush-predator “Bobbit worm” (Eunice aphroditois) is spectacular….
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